TO: | Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB798 by Wentworth (Relating to the penalty for failure to yield the right-of-way.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend Section 545.153, Transportation Code (Vehicle Entering Stop or Yield Intersection), by enhancing the punishment for a violation of the statute if as a result of the violation a collision causing property damage occurred or a collision causing serious bodily injury or death occurred.
The bill would also amend Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, to require a judge granting community supervision for a Section 545.153, Transportation Code offense that resulted in serious bodily injury or death, to require as a condition of supervision that the defendant be confined in jail for not less than 30 days.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, DB
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